'This Is A Trent Reznor Song' Video Takes Spoof To The Next Level

In late January, comedian Freddy Scott posted a Nine Inch Nails parody titled "This Is A Trent Reznor Song," and it was nothing short of what it claimed to be. Now, Scott has taken things to the next level by producing a dead-on Reznor-esque video for the tune. Chock-full of creepy insect close-ups, profile silhouettes and taking-himself-seriously Reznor faces, you might actually forget that this isn't a legitimate Nine Inch Nails song.

Watch the video above, and then check out the two Nine Inch Nails videos, "Closer" and "The Hand That Feeds," which it parodies, and listen to "Copy Of A," the song Scott's spoof sounds most like.

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20 Facts About Nine Inch Nails' 'Downward Spiral'

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After wrapping up the inaugural Lollapalooza Tour in 1991, Trent Reznor devised the idea for "The Downward Spiral" as a means to capture the negative energy felt during the shows.

The album was written and recorded at the “Tate House,” the site of the murder of famed actress Sharon Tate by members of the Manson Family in 1969. Located at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, Reznor spent 18 months living in the house. He dubbed the studio where he worked “Le Pig” in reference to a message that was scrawled on the front door in Tate’s blood.

Trent Reznor originally intended to record "The Downward Spiral" in New Orleans. He moved there after the album came out, and remained for a decade. Ironically, this was when he began his own downward spiral into alcohol and drug addiction.

The process of setting up a studio inside the Tate House took the band so long that it delayed the release of the album.

"Le Pig" was also used to record Marilyn Manson’s debut album "Portrait of an American Family," which Reznor co-produced.

Nine Inch Nails’ 1992 EP "Broken" was used as a launching pad for "The Downward Spiral." Reznor wanted the album's sound to diverge from the EP’s “mood, texture, restraint and subtlety.”

"The Downward Spiral" featured collaborations with former Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros drummer Stephen Perkins as well as progressive rock guitarist Adrian Belew.

"The Downward Spiral" was primarily recorded on a Mac computer.

In 1993, while still working on the album, Reznor came into contact with Patti Tate, Sharon's sister. Patti accused Reznor of exploiting her sister’s death by living in the Tate home. The encounter deeply affected Reznor. Upon his moving out, the house was demolished.

The drum track on "Closer," the album's second single, features a heavily modified bass and drum sample of Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" off of his 1977 debut solo album, "The Idiot."

The single version of "Closer" is actually 13 seconds longer than the album version. On the album, the piano part at the end of the song is cut off in order to segue into the next track, "Ruiner."

When it comes to understanding this band's “Halo Numbers,” things can get pretty tricky. As a general rule of thumb, promotional-only singles do not apply. That being said, in the case of both the promotional singles for “Piggy” and “Hurt” off of The Downward Spiral, both songs were labeled “Halo Ten” until the title was officially given to the band's subsequent remix album, 1995's "Further Down the Spiral."

Reznor originally wrote the song “Piggy” as a poem. It is also his only live drumming performance on the record.

Despite garnering a nomination for Best Rock Song at the 1996 Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails' song “Hurt,” famously covered Johnny Cash years later, lost out to Alanis Morissette's “You Oughta Know.”

Referred to as “Steakhouse,” the sample used at the beginning of the song "Big Man with a Gun" is a studio-altered recording of a porn star having an orgasm. According to the album’s liner notes, the sample is credited to Tommy Lee.

The break in the song "Reptile" contains an audio sample of a woman falling down a hill. The sample was taken from the 1974 film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

Two songs, “Just Do It” and "The Beauty of the Drug," were written for but subsequently cut from the final version of "The Downward Spiral." The latter was eventually leaked on the "Disturbed" bootleg.

British artist Russell Mills created the cover artwork for "The Downward Spiral," which featured his painting “Wound.” Other artwork and sketches from the album, including “Closer” and “March of the Pigs,” have been displayed at the Glasgow School of Art.

Japanese pressings of "The Downward Spiral" contained a bonus track; the Joy Division cover "Dead Souls." The cover was originally released on the soundtrack for the film "The Crow."

The first Australian pressing of "The Downward Spiral" contains track time errors. The affected tracks begin playing 41 seconds earlier than they should, however the disc plays and flows correctly as a whole.